And the summer shall start with a festival, a festival on Locust Street. And you shall drink in the bars of Locust Street. And the sky shall turn yellow, and the sun shall turn blue. And you shall say: “Hey — who dosed my Leinie’s?” –Book of Revelations, Milwaukee ed.
June 2004
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The Herschede Equation
Four years ago in Riverwest you could snag a boarded up eyesore for a few pennies at a sheriff’s auction or put in an offer on a run-down old duplex the owner was letting go for as little as $30,000. With a little rehab work, you could turn it around for a quick profit. And many people did.
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Fancy This
You’re standing inside a giant kaleidoscope. The year is 2004, and the site is the Milwaukee Art Museum where you’ve come to indulge yourself (through June 20) in 200-plus items comprising “American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.”…
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Book Review: Banana Republicans
There’s a This Modern World cartoon on the front cover of Banana Republicans and chapter titles like “Pumping Irony,” but it’s not a remotely funny book. Perhaps it was intended to be so, but its authors ended up on quite a different track…
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Patti Smith CD Review
Patti Smith, never one to beat around the bush, lays it out on “Jubilee,” Trampin’s opening song: “Who dreams of joy and radiance? Who dreams of war and sacrifice?” Thought influences deed, how do you think?
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